On Turning 30: A Recap

01.27.2014

Y’all, turning 30 turned out to not be that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things. I didn’t sprout any gray hairs and as far as I can tell, I didn’t gain any new wrinkles, and I didn’t have a breakdown. I’d call that winning in my book. Speaking of books, I got a couple new books to read, as well as pretty earrings, a magazine subscription, gift cards, delicious tea, spices (fancy cinnamon and vanilla), my favorite Italian-style meat, and beautiful flowers. ‘Twas a good day.

My day with Julia was pretty low key, but since it was a special occasion, we both dressed up. Basically, I look for any excuse to have her wear tutus, and it was a nice reason to trade in the yoga pants and nursing tank.

I cheated on paleo all day and don’t regret it one bit. It started with breakfast. Since my birthday landed on a Friday, my husband had to work, but
before he left, he made me a delicious breakfast, complete with
French-pressed coffee, chile, salsa, milk in a wine glass, and hash
browns! Then, since we needed a reason to leave the house (we did dress up, after all), we took my husband lunch (Wendy’s spicy chicken sandwich; my favorite from there).

Then then he surprised me with cupcakes when he got home!!

Pie and cupcakes are basically my favorite desserts ever, and it just so happened that they had a blueberry “pie” cupcake. He also got three more (but I was only interested in the red velvet and blueberry cupcakes), so he got two of them. Not wanting to spoil dinner, I ate half of each of them, closed the box, and put it on the end table for an after dinner treat.

Dinner, by the way, was sushi! Oh, it was so good. They have something called a “monkey brain” (bottom left picture) that’s a deep fried avocado stuffed with all sorts of stuff (crab, shrimp, and like five other ingredients). It’s creamy, crunchy, spicy, sweet, and my favorite thing on the menu. The other rolls were good, too, and their egg drop soup is some of the best I’ve ever had. Delicious!

On the drive home I was ridiculously excited to finish my cupcakes. Only there’s one problem, because when we get home, the box was GONE!!! Pure panic took over my body: WHERE ARE THE CUPCAKES??? And then our dog slowly walked around the corner. She. Ate. My. Birthday. Cupcakes!!!! We usually leave her outside, but since it was literally freezing out, we left her inside. She’s usually really, really good about not eating our food, so I didn’t even think twice about leaving them “out.” Well, Bella enjoyed my treats and then she spent her evening in the dog house.

I drowned my cupcake sorrows by soaking in a nice warm bath. My birthday was good, but it wasn’t over yet! Since I was born at 11:50 pm, I was able to finagle my way into celebrating on Saturday, too. Score!

I woke up on the 25th and my husband made us French toast. You guys, this is THE BEST French toast in the world. Yup, the world. He deviated from the recipe by adding a couple teaspoons of vanilla and cinnamon (always necessary), and it rocked my socks off. My stomach is growling right now just thinking about it, and I’m already looking forward to Mother’s Day so I can have it again

Lunch consisted of having my favorite Italian appetizer with my new meat. (I’m so thankful I found a butcher in town who sliced it up for me!) I savored every bite and for a moment I thought I was back in Italy.

We finished the day off by taking a trip to the cupcakery and bought another cupcake for both of us. Happy birthday to me

Comments

Thank you! I craved sushi so much when we were in Italy, but now there's a place around the corner from me. It's just expensive, so we eat there on special occasions! Mmmmm and the cupcakes were delicious!

Happy, happy birthday! So fun reading this post! I'm looking forward to turning 30 this year… if someone would just tell my 15 year old self that, how easier the teen years would have been, hahaha! Sounds like you had an absolutely fabulous day(s) celebrating! I laughed so hard about the dog eating your cupcakes! Gene always leaves his plates on the end table, and we always find Jonesie licking them. Poor pups- searching out "treats!" Enjoy your year, girl!

What a wonderful birthday! I'm especially envious of the cupcakes and sushi! I'm laughing about Bella eating the cupcakes, because I know exactly how you feel. Boomer once ate my entire take-home box of Mexican food. Talk about being mad/sad! Enjoy being 30! It's a wonderful age.

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Hi, I'm Jess! I'm a work-at-home mama, an Air Force wife, a woman consumed with wanderlust, a foodie who loves cooking up something scrumptious, and a morning person driven by that first cup of coffee. I'm so happy you're here!